(1) The State Government may, by notification, establish with effect from such date as may be specified therein a committee to be called the Karnataka Advocates' Welfare Fund Trustee Committee.
(2) The trustee committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued.
(3) The trustee committee shall consists of,- 1 [(a) The Chairman of the Bar Council who shall be the chairman of the Trustee Committee, ex-officio;
(aa) The Advocate General of Karnataka who shall be a member- Exofficio.
(b) The Secretary, Department of Law, Government of Karnataka who shall be a Member Ex-officio.]
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1. Substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.
(c) two members nominated by the State Government;
(d) 1[three]1 members of the Bar Council nominated by it;
1. Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.
1[(e) the Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council, who shall be the Treasurer of the trustee committee, ex-officio;]1and
1. Substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.
(f) the Secretary of the Bar Council, who shall be the Secretary of the trustee committee, ex-officio;
(4) A member nominated by the State Government under clause (c) of sub-section (3), shall hold office for a term of 1[three years] 1.
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(5) A member nominated by the Bar Council under clause (d) of subsection (3), shall hold office for a term of 1[three years]1 or for the duration of his membership in the Bar Council, whichever is less.
1. Substituted by Act 28 of 2010 w.e.f. 06.08.2010.